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Mission and objectives
UNICEF works worldwide to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in emergencies. We focus on the unique needs of girls and women – recognizing their systemic exposure to gender-based violence – while helping to ensure that support is available for all survivors of sexual violence, including boys. In coordination with governments, civil society and United Nations partners, we provide survivors with clinical health services, dignity kits, psychosocial support and the safe spaces they need to access care and protection. Safe spaces allow women and girls to participate in activities for empowerment and gain access to critical information on their risks, rights and needs. This includes information on how to access aid and where to report sexual exploitation and abuse. In many emergencies, safe spaces are the only way women and girls can access relevant and life-saving information.
Context
UNICEF is directly involved in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in some of the world’s most intense and complex conflicts and disasters. As UNICEF pushes to make information regarding GBViE services widely accessible to women and girls, 2 services have been developed : 1. A Virtual safe space: A website/solution that offers a safe space for women and girls, 2. eReferral Pathways (eRPW): A progressive web app that enables remote updating of referral pathways in order to make information widely accessible to women and girls on the services available.
Task description
We are seeking the support of motivated technical Online volunteers to support UNICEF in reviewing code and documentation quality for two Drupal and Acquia projects. The successful candidate(s) will be assisting with performing code reviews on Github and Acquia and will assist in reviewing technical documentation quality and developing a small report including recommendations for improvement.